UP man holds goat funeral, uses AI-generated image to fake death in court

UP man accused of murder uses AI image to fake death and evade trial

Police arrested Rajkumar Rajbhar after uncovering his alleged AI-assisted fake death plot. The ruse was allegedly designed to evade a murder trial and financial liabilities.

UP man holds goat funeral, uses AI-generated image to fake death in court

According to the police, the accused hatched a conspiracy on May 30, 2025, in Ghazipur to stage his own death.

UP murder accused stages goat’s funeral, uses AI to fake death, fool court and obtain certificate

MAU: A murder accused in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district allegedly used an AI-generated image of a body on a funeral pyre to obtain a death certificate and

UP: Man uses AI-generated image to prove his demise in court; arrested

The accused held a funeral of a goat in Ghazipur and, using Artificial Intelligence (AI), he allegedly substituted his own body with that of a goat to evade legal action and avoid repaying the money he had taken from people on the pretext of stock market investing, they said.